There are always artists who blow up off one album and then plateau from there. In some cases, they’ll release a deluxe for said album, and it’ll keep the brand going until the “moment” has passed. But once an artist has done both of those things and then dropped an EP to the same level of praise, you know they’re here to stay. The 6-track EP titled “Avant Nova” is only a precursor to slayr’s upcoming album “Fabula Nova,” and what it lacks in runtime, it makes up for in absol

Brooke Wheeler is making waves with her latest release, “Whisper,” earning over 30,000 streams in just the first three days since its release. Despite what the title might suggest, the track opens with a burst of shimmering guitars that carry the energy throughout the track. Meanwhile, Brooke’s sparkling vocals capture the anticipation of a slow burn romance. For fans of Clairo, Magdalena Bay and beabadoobee, Brooke is quickly becoming a prominent voice in the “frutigaze” cor

Ask Brooklyn-based rapper rivan where his name comes from and you get a family tree with a folk tale tangled in the roots. It is his father's middle name, borrowed from Rip Van Winkle, the old story about a man who would rather do anything than his chores, drinks himself into a decades-long sleep, and wakes up to find the world has carried on wthout him. Where Rip Van Winkle slept through his own life, rivan has spent the past few years determined to stay very much awake for